Is their a line you would cross in the name of for better for worse vows of marriage?
Ms Rachel the wife of a Dutch National Hans Egon Dieter Vriens who is accused of defiling three minors in Nairobi, was more than shocked to learn that her husband had been jailed in Netherlands for the same offencesof molesting underage girls.
Days before Hans was arraigned in court, detectives from Directorate of criminal Investigations raided their Kitui home and ransacked every room looking for the children who were staying with the couple.
While admitting to being deeply ashamed of the negative publicity in interview with journalists, Ms Hans says she does not regret marrying the Dutch national because he promised to take care of her despite their age difference.
“Marriage is for better or for worse. Here is a foreigner whom I’ve stayed with for 10 years now facing grave charges. The entire country, including my home village, maybe against him but I’ve no choice other than to stick with him,” she says.
Rachel says she can’t confirm or deny the child abuse charges but defends her husband as a humble man who may have been a victim of blackmail by women out to extort him.
“I don’t know what happened to him before he came to Kenya because I’ve never visited Netherlands since we married,” she says.
The mother of one, a seven-year-old girl, vows to continue taking care of children from poor backgrounds.